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80 Day Race has been selected as a founding member of the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions, which has the ambition to globally advance the cause of clean technologies. The announcement was made on Tuesday...

Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, is set to become one of the 8 Host Cities in 80 Day Race. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed during the Expo 2017 in Astana on Wednesday.
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Prof Bertrand Piccard, initiator, chairman and pilot of Solar Impulse, has become an ambassador of 80 Day Race. A shared vision on sustainability and the passion for adventure convinced Piccard to express his s...

80 Day Race Co-founder and General Director Frank Manders has performed on stage during TEDxAmsterdam. After competing against 90 nominees, Manders was one of the five TEDxAmsterdam Award finalists. He receiv...

80 Day Race is pleased to announce that Tom Touber, former COO and winner of the Volvo Ocean Race, has become an ambassador of the global sustainable race. Touber joins a group of leading figures from various i...

While we are working incredibly hard to secure our necessary partners for 80 Day Race, as we are in talks with several cities around the world, constructors, local promotors and media partners, we enjoy followi...

80 Day Race is pleased to announce that Pierre Fillon, President of The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) – the organisation behind the prestigious Le Mans 24 Hours – has become an ambassador of the global...

Didier de Radiguès, a former motorcycle Grand Prix winner and 24 Hours of Le Mans participant, has become an 80 Day Race ambassador. The 57-year-old Belgian holds the current lap record for electric motorcycle...

For award winning shooting director and producer Claudio von Planta it was a no-brainer to become an 80 Day Race ambassador. After witnessing an electric endurance project from students of Imperial College Lond...

STORM Eindhoven has unveiled world’s first electric touring motorcycle. A group of 30 students from the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands have worked over a year to complete an innovative ...